Free Comic Book Day is upon us once more, and many participating shops across the country will be offering plenty of fun happenings alongside a selection of some of the 48 free comics on offer in this year’s annual promotion of comic stores, organised by Diamond Distributors.
Britain’s Titan Comics has not one but two free comics on offer this year – the Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor Free Comic Book Day Edition, which precedes the launch of their first series featuring Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor; and a
The new Doctor Who story, written by Dan Watters with art by Kelsey Ramsay will be available to pick up at your local comic shop today, Free Comic Book Day, Saturday 4th May 2024.
With his courageous companion, Ruby Sunday, the Doctor is back in the TARDIS for a whole new era of time-traveling tales. But fearsome foes await…
The FCBD taster will be followed by the release of Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor #1 on 26th June, from the same core creative team, coloured by Valentina Bianconi.
”I’m fascinated by a character who’s gone through so much pain and comes out the other end kinder rather than crueler,” says Dan of the new story. “By this story’s end, hopefully we’ll have turned that around and examined it from a few different directions- which involves pitting the Doctor against an entity decidedly less kind.”
“Battle of the Black Stone” gets a dramatic launch in the Conan the Barbarian Free Comic Book Day Edition. Conan of Cimmerian is haunted by shadows, a nightmare of events glimpsed beneath dark waters of the past. The unspeakable evil foretold by Thulsa Doom looms over the Hyborian Age and every age connected to it… and it will take more than a Barbarian King to stop its relentless march upon time, space, and sanity.
The launch of an epic new Conan Event from Heroic Signatures and Titan
Comics is brought to you by Jim Zub (Conan the Barbarian, Dungeons & Dragons) and red hot artist Jonas Scharf (Dark X-Men, Basilisk) with a cover by fan-favourite Rob de la Torre (Conan the Barbarian).
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Free Comic Book Day 2024 takes place today, Saturday 4th May 2024. For details of events in your local comic shop visit www.freecomicbookday.com. 48 free comics will be available in participating comic book shops. The line up features 12 Gold Sponsor and 36 Silver Sponsor titles with stories from superheroes to movies and video games, beloved franchises and favourites for all-ages.
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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